AT&T leverages the cloud to encourage development of connected apps, a new asthma device will leverage Qualcomm's 2net hub, and a microchip for drug delivery will be put to the test in a clinical trial.

AT&T has launched a beta version of the AT&T Developer Center ForHealth, a cloud-based platform designed to help mobile health app developers create integrated applications. Eventually, AT&T hopes, the platform also will connect these apps to the information systems of healthcare organizations and insurance companies.
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Telcare Offers App for Glucose Tracking

The MyTelcare Diabetes Pal, now available via the Apple App Store, allows patients and caregivers to use their iPhone, iPod Touch and/or iPad to visualize every glucose reading sent by the Telcare BGM (blood-glucose meter) while tracking medication, nutrition, activities and notes. What's more, the app also enables patients who don’t have the Telcare BGM to manually enter their blood-glucose data and track it over time.Drug Store News

Microchip for Osteoporosis Drug Delivery Gets Clinical Trial

The clinical trial, composed of a group of women with osteoporosis in Denmark, is the first to test a wirelessly controlled microchip that can release drugs into the body at any time instead of using daily injection pens, according to a study in today’s Science Translational Medicine.Mass High Tech

Minutes-Old Baby Gets Pacemaker

Dr. Michael Artman, the chief pediatrician at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., and a neonatal cardiologist not connected to the Stanford operation, described the surgery as an impressive accomplishment that could encourage other children's hospitals to undertake similar efforts.Associated Press